Woo Kwok-hing

Woo Kwok-hing
胡國興
Woo in October 2016
Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court
In office
1 January 2004 – January 2011
Preceded bySimon Mayo (vacant from 2002)
Succeeded byWally Yeung
Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission
In office
23 July 1993 – 17 August 2006
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPang Kin-kee
Personal details
Born (1946-01-13) 13 January 1946 (age 78)
Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong
NationalityBritish (1991–2016)
Chinese
SpouseRowena Tang Siu-ting
Children4
Alma materYing Wa College
University of Birmingham
University College London
ProfessionJudge
Woo Kwok-hing
Traditional Chinese胡國興
Simplified Chinese胡国兴
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHú Guóxīng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationWùh Gwok hīng
JyutpingWu4 Gwok3 hing1

Woo Kwok-hing, GBS, CBE, QC (Chinese: 胡國興; born 13 January 1946) is a Hong Kong retired judge. He was the vice-president of the Court of Appeal of the High Court and former chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) and commissioner on Interception of Communications and Surveillance. In the 2017 Chief Executive election, he received 21 votes in the 1,194-member Election Committee and lost to the eventual winner Carrie Lam.